immersion workshop week, 2014 . . .
immersion workshop week was held as a special, summer semester venue of the iD program at the university of applied sciences, regensburg. open to all students in the oth’s department of architecture, the immersion workshop week was an exchange of ideas connecting people in a moment of time to an exploration of vision, values, skills […]
posted 15 June 2014
aboutForm & workshop with bauhaus university . . .
right after the easter holiday last month, the iD4 crew from the oth: university of applied sciences went to weimar for a workshop with bauhaus university. the topic area was aboutForm & hard ware; new form development possibilities with porcelain as the main point of departure. the workshop took place the entire week of april […]
posted 1 May 2014
aboutForm & alphabet abstractions . . .
have you ever been frustrated when trying to describe an emotional response to an image &/or an object with words alone? to the contrary, have you ever tried to illuminate an intellectual construct without words; using “only” images so to speak? visualization is an acquired skill that connects critical thinking with imagination. objects are usually […]
posted 17 April 2014
categories education
a new york state of mind . . .
here is a collage triptych of a new york state of mind, just in time for this year’s saint patrick day. even while visiting boston, massachusetts a lot of the thoughts in the conversations touched on new york city and brooklyn in particular. brooklyn is usually a good vantage point for a majestic view of […]
posted 15 March 2014
categories photos
design, society & individual mobility . . .
improved individual mobility in society
(mobilität dient der integration in die gesellschaft): this was the working title for our semester long product design3 project in conjunction with the machine design faculty. product design3 ran parallel to the human factors corequisite course offering this semester.
01a) group agilo’s process guide |
michael fischer • marion meindl • […]
posted 14 February 2014
categories education
interdisciplinary design education . . .
in order to move toward the future, universities need to have a willingness to foster interdisciplinary education. interdisciplinary studies thrive on creative convergence. departments, instructors and their students also need to be able to blur traditional boundaries in the benefit of educational exploration. still in a formative stage, the ID curriculum at the OTH: university […]
posted 24 January 2014
categories education
why is there air ? . . .
full disclosure, bill cosby already posed this question in 1965 with his third record entitled with the same question. unlike other essential elements such as water or fire, air seems to be underrated. our relationship to air, in all its ramifications, might deserve more attention than is commonly considered. a good place to start would […]
posted 7 January 2014
categories design
design, society & the public realm . . .
in an urban environment, humanitarian values are characterized by people’s behavior within public spaces. a sense of life’s quality is reflected in society’s collective interactions within the public realm. changing perceptions of shared public space and enhancing the context of the quality of life can be achieved through the use of design.
in the spring of […]
posted 11 December 2013
walk on the wild side: strollology . . .
lou reed’s walk on the wild side, 1973 . . .
lou reed’s website . . .
2G13: the 20th anniversary of the faculty of art & design, weimar
twenty years ago, the late swiss sociologist, theorist and urbanist lucius burckhardt, was the founding dean of the then new department of art & design […]
posted 23 November 2013
categories education
dutch design roadtrip week & . . .
one mere week is a rather brief moment in the flow of time. nonetheless, about two thirds of the iD3 crew connected 2000 kilometers of land between regenburg’s blue danube and the waters of rotterdam’s harbor with a bosnian bus driver, his sixty passenger bus and thousands of sensory design experiences. carly brandelius schmitt, ina […]
posted 27 October 2013
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